Middle East
Hamas considers suspending talks with Israel unless prisoners freed
The Palestinian extremist group Hamas is considering suspending indirect negotiations with Israel. Senior Hamas leader Mahmoud Mardawi wrote on Telegram that the ...Hamas frees dazed hostages in staged Gaza ceremony
A crowd cheered as masked militants brought two pale and dazed Israeli captives onto a rainy stage in front of cameras for ...Arab states scramble to counter Trump’s Gaza ‘Riviera’ plan
By Andrew Mills, Pesha Magid and Ahmed Shalaby Reuters Arab states who were swift to reject President Donald Trump’s plan for the U.S. to ...Russia says has taken back major chunk of Kursk region from Ukrainian forces
Russian forces have taken back more than 800 square km (309 square miles) of territory from Ukraine in the Kursk region of ...Hamas hands over bodies of youngest Gaza hostages taken from Israel
BY TIA GOLDENBERG AP The bodies of four Israelis taken captive by Hamas, including those said to be of the last female ...Hezbollah chief says Israel must fully withdraw from Lebanon by February 18
The head of Lebanese armed group Hezbollah said on Sunday that Israeli troops must withdraw from Lebanese territory in full by a ...Gazans return to ruined homes and severe water shortage
A ceasefire has enabled some Gazans to go back to their ruined homes without fear of Israeli airstrikes, but they have returned ...Hamas frees 3 hostages, Israel releases hundreds of prisoners as fragile ceasefire holds
BY MOHAMMAD JAHJOUH, MELANIE LIDMAN and JALAL BWAITEL, Associated Press Hamas-led militants released three male Israeli hostages Saturday and Israeli forces began ...Hamas says it is willing to move ahead with Gaza ceasefire
By Nidal Al-Mughrabi and James Mackenzie Reuters Hamas signalled on Thursday that a crisis threatening to unravel an already fragile ceasefire in ...Israel threatens to restart war in Gaza if Hamas doesn’t release hostages
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday threatened to withdraw from the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and resume its war against ...














